The Political Economy Of Population Aging

Author : William A. Jackson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023214864

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The Political Economy of Population Ageing by William A. Jackson Pdf

From a non-neoclasssical economic and sociological analysis--after deflating neoclassical arguments, Jackson (economics, U. of York, UK) concludes that conventional economic theory overstates negative effects of the graying of the population on the economy, while calling for managed flexibility in planning policies. The author considers theoretical approaches to such demographics, particularly in relation to the perceived rising dependency burden re: Social Security and pensions, along with less traditional issues such as informal economic activity and informal care of the elderly within the context of long-term structural changes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Kimiko Terai,Amihai Glazer,Naomi Miyazato
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811655364

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The Political Economy of Population Aging by Kimiko Terai,Amihai Glazer,Naomi Miyazato Pdf

This book integrates the economics of aging and insight based on political economy and explores generational conflict in the context of governmental spending. This problem is general, as the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted: lockdowns protect the elderly, but hurt the young. Policies to address global warming impose taxes on the elderly, but would bring benefits largely in the future. This book addresses intergenerational problems by placing its focus on budget allocation, taxation, and regulation. By using Japanese and US data, the authors conduct statistical analysis of whether regions with aging populations may adopt policies that generate benefits during a short period of time instead of policies that could benefit current young generations for an extended period of time. If the policy preferences of voters depend on their age, and if policy adoption by a government reflects public opinion, the change in demographic composition in a region may affect governmental policies. In an aged society, the elderly are pivotal voters. Budgets may be reallocated from policies favored by younger generations, such as education, to policies the elderly prefer, such as welfare programs. This generates an intergenerational externality problem: voters with short life expectancy do not take into consideration long-term benefits. Moreover, the current tax bases may be replaced by other tax bases that do not harm the elderly. The results reported in the book largely support these hypotheses. Evidence also shows that the gender and racial composition and institutional factors, including the extent of fiscal decentralization, are important in anticipating effects of population aging in other countries.

Author : José Luis Iparraguirre
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030290139

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Economics and Ageing by José Luis Iparraguirre Pdf

This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in health economics and economics of ageing, but policy makers, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences, and social care. This volume introduces topics in the economics of happiness, quality of life, and well-being in later life. It also covers questions of inequality and poverty, intergenerational economics, and housing. Other areas described in this book include behavioural economics, political economy, and consumption in ageing societies.

Author : Alan Walker,Liam Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Aging
ISBN : 184376248X

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The Political Economy of Ageing and Later Life by Alan Walker,Liam Foster Pdf

This timely new collection presents the most important and influential articles and papers on ageing and later life of the past half century. The editors examine policy creation and implementation, practice and critical gerontology including both feminist and international perspectives. Including an original introduction and key works not available in scholarly libraries, this is a critical assembly of work and will be of immense assistance to anyone looking to understand the consequences of our ageing population on society.

Author : Meredith Minkler,Carroll L Estes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351842105

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Readings in the Political Economy of Aging by Meredith Minkler,Carroll L Estes Pdf

Includes 16 essays which address many issues from a different perspective suggested by the experience of aging in America. This study explores the political, social, and economic realities which have an impact on Americans as they grow older.

Author : Carroll L. Estes
Publisher : Little Brown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Medical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039915694

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Political Economy, Health, and Aging by Carroll L. Estes Pdf

Author : Alan Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Aging
ISBN : 1784713481

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The Political Economy of Ageing and Later Life by Alan Walker Pdf

This timely Research Review highlights the most important and influential articles and papers on ageing and later life of the past half century. The authors examine policy creation and implementation, practice and critical gerontology including both feminist and international perspectives. The work provides a critical perspective on the field and will be of immense assistance to anyone looking to understand the consequences of our ageing population on society.

Author : Meredith Minkler,Carroll L. Estes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351868426

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Critical Perspectives on Aging by Meredith Minkler,Carroll L. Estes Pdf

This unique volume brings together 20 critical essays on aging within the context of the broad social, political, and economic factors that help shape and determine the realities of growing old. Rather than viewing aging in isolation, it explores the social creation of old age dependency and the profound influence of race, gender, and social class on what it means to grow old. It looks too at such topics as the "biomedicalization" of aging; the role of business and the media in changing societal images of the old; the fact and fiction behind "senior power"; the multibillion dollar nursing home industry; and the role of advanced capitalist nations in creating economic dependency among elders in the Third World.

Author : Vincenzo Galasso
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262572460

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The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies by Vincenzo Galasso Pdf

A quantitative analysis of the political sustainability of social security reform in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US, with the suggestion that population aging will lead to more pension spending and that raising the retirement age is the most politically viable reform measure.

Author : John Piggott,Alan Woodland
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780444634047

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Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging by John Piggott,Alan Woodland Pdf

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging synthesizes the economic literature on aging and the subjects associated with it, including social insurance and healthcare costs, both of which are of interest to policymakers and academics. These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the Handbooks in Economics, describe and analyze scholarship created since the inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s, including information from general economics journals, from various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor markets and human resource issues, from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and from papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others. Dissolves the barriers between policymakers and scholars by presenting comprehensive portraits of social and theoretical issues Synthesizes valuable data on the topic from a variety of journals dating back to the late 1970s in a convenient, comprehensive resource Presents diverse perspectives on subjects that can be closely associated with national and regional concerns Offers comprehensive, critical reviews and expositions of the essential aspects of the economics of population aging

Author : Robert L. Clark,Joseph J. Spengler
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1980-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521228832

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The Economics of Individual and Population Aging by Robert L. Clark,Joseph J. Spengler Pdf

This study aims to identify and describe the principle economic issues associated with individual and population ageing. In addition, the study surveys and assess the existing knowledge - including research by scholars of many countries and different fields in the social sciences - of the economic and social problems associated with ageing. Although the study covers a wide range of issues, it focuses primarily on the economic complexities of individual ageing and the macro-economic problems that arise from age-structure changes in the population. The authors, giving examples from many countries, trace the development of concern for population ageing and examine theoretical concepts and changing demographic conditions. Cross-national econometric studies are cited along with time series and cross-sectional research on individual countries. In assessing the state of the literature on the economic problems of ageing, the authors have attempted to indicate fruitful avenues for further research.

Author : Peter Karl Kresl,Daniele Ietri
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849806930

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The Aging Population and the Competitiveness of Cities by Peter Karl Kresl,Daniele Ietri Pdf

While much of the current literature on the economic consequences of an aging population focuses on the negative aspects, this enlightening book argues that seniors can bring significant benefits such as vitality and competitiveness to an urban economy. The authors illustrate the ways an aging population can have a positive impact on urban centers, including the move by large numbers of seniors from the suburbs to the city, where their disproportionate consumption of education and the arts helps rejuvenate city centers. Given this, the authors conclude that a large and active senior population has the potential to assist a city in the achievement of its strategic economic objectives. The book includes analyses of the effects of population aging on best practices in 40 cities in the US and EU, with surprising results, as well as interviews with city officials and leaders. Academics, researchers and public officials in the areas of urban development, public policy and aging will find much in this original approach to interest and provoke debate.

Author : Oliver Pamp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3658086165

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Political Preferences and the Aging of Populations by Oliver Pamp Pdf

Oliver Pamp analyzes the likelihood and extent of pension reforms from a political-economy perspective. It is shown that voters' preferences for or against reforms are influenced by a societies' demographic development, the generosity of its existing public pension scheme and its electoral system. The author extensively reviews existing formal models of pension systems, discusses their merits and limitations, and develops a three-period overlapping generations model. The model's insights regarding individual reform preferences are then put into the context of different electoral systems, thus emphasizing the important role of electoral institutions in the aggregation of societal preferences. Finally, using cross-national survey data, logit and ordered-logit analyses tentatively confirm some of the model's main implications. Contents Population Aging and its Economic and Financial Consequences Formal Models of Pension Systems Pension Preferences and Reform - A Political-Economy Model Econometric Analyses of Cross-National Survey Data on Individual Pension Reform Preferences Target Groups Researchers, lecturers and students of political science and economics The Author Oliver Pamp is lecturer for empirical and formal methods at the Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (Germany). His research focuses, among other things, on the political economy of government budgets and social policy.

Author : Patrik Marier
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442699823

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The Four Lenses of Population Aging by Patrik Marier Pdf

With its implications for health care, the economy, and an assortment of other policy areas, population aging is one of the most pressing issues facing governments and society today, and confronting its complex reality is becoming increasingly urgent, particularly in the age of COVID-19. In The Four Lenses of Population Aging, Patrik Marier looks at how Canada’s ten provinces are preparing for an aging society. Focusing on a wide range of administrative and policy challenges, this analysis explores multiple actions from the development of strategic plans to the expansion of long-term care capacity. To enhance this analysis, Marier adopts four lenses: the intergenerational, the medical, the social gerontological, and the organizational. By comparing the unique insights and contributions of each lens, Marier draws attention to the vital lessons and possible solutions to the challenges of an aging society. Drawing on over a hundred interviews with senior civil servants and thousands of policy documents, The Four Lenses of Population Aging is a significant contribution to public administration, provincial politics, and comparative public policy literatures, and a timely resource for policymakers and general readers seeking an informed perspective on a timely and important issue.

Author : Martin Sicker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313011788

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The Political Economy of Work in the 21st Century by Martin Sicker Pdf

When Congress enacted Social Secuirty in 1935, with the age of retirement set at age 65, average life expectancy was 62 years. By the time Medicare was enacted 30 years later, life expectancy had risen to age 70. Since the enactment of Medicare, life expectancy has risen to age 76 today and may be expected to increase further in the decades to come. Clearly, the increase in post-retirement life expectancy has significant implications for the level of national expenditures attributable to an aging population. One of the approaches suggested as a solution to the so-called income transfer problem is to redefine old age, that is, to push retirement and its associated benefits off to a later age. This would effectively increase the size of the workforce, with older workers continuing to contribute their payroll taxes for an extended period of time. The critical question Sicker poses is, will there be enough appropriate employment opportunities for a growing number of older workers in the workforce of the future? The evidence for a positive response is far from clear or compelling. Sicker examines the prospective place of the aging worker in the employment environment of the 21st century in light of the restructuring of American business and the world of work in the final decades of the last century. In doing so, he raises serious concerns about the validity and utility of some of the neoclassical economic ideas and assumptions that have become part of the conventional wisdom of our time. Sicker contends that these dubious propositions have unwittingly contributed signficantly to the problem through their manifestation in public policy. However, the principal focus of his analysis is not on economic theory as such, but on the realities and uncertainties that an aging American workforce will face in the decades to come. This book is significant reading for scholars, researchers, and the general public interested in labor force and aging policy issues.